Guest 510kamikazifreak Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 http://www.noradsanta.org/ Quote Link to comment
slam_dat_sun Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hey that is pretty neat. Quote Link to comment
slam_dat_sun Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hey this is Daniel's (Slam_dat_sun) wife and I just wanted to post the little story behind the NORAD Santa tracker.. I absolutely love it.. "According to legend, NORAD's Santa tracking tradition started in 1955 by accident. The (Colorado Springs) Gazette ran a Sears Roebuck ad that told kids to dial a number if they wanted to talk to Santa. But the number was one digit off. When the first call came to NORAD's predecessor, a military colonel who answered the phone played along. Unable to break the boy's heart, so he sounded a booming "Ho, ho, ho!" and pretended to be Santa Claus. When more calls poured in, Col. Harry W. Shoup stopped playing Santa. Instead, staffers at the military installation started pretending to be checking the radars for Santa's sleigh. NORAD now issues reports in five languages. The rest of the year, NORAD monitors air and space threats against the U.S. and Canada." Quote Link to comment
Guest 510kamikazifreak Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 It is fun :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment
ichorid Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Or spare them and tell them the truth Quote Link to comment
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